Prizes for those ranking highest were provided courtesy of Winter Photographics.

Reference image, unmanipulated, by Rinus Borgsteede.

Michael Sundberg took first place. He amassed 31 points, including 7 first-choices.

1st Place - Michael Sundberg

Michael described his printing manipulations as follows:

"I cropped some foreground area to lower the horizon and to place the two tree groupings at approximately the 1/3 and 2/3 positions in the print. I feel that this composition creates a pleasing balance. I tried to upset the otherwise serene calmness in the image by introducing a slightly abstract effect, using texture and contrast to suggests some weather instability - a heavy sky and bright highlights in the surrounding field. To produce the print, I scanned the negative and modified the image extensively in Photoshop with dodging, burning, sharpening, contrast control and a lot of clone stamping in the foreground."

For first place, Michael won a double 4x6 frame.

Stephen Butt and Scott Winter were tied for second place with 22 points each. Stephen had 4 first choices, Scott had 3.

2nd Place (tie) - Stephen Butt

Stephen's print was unusual in that he chose a vertical format. This is how Stephen described his technique:

"I tried several times to do the image as a horizontal, but was not happy with the out of focus foreground, and could not get the sky to burn in without looking muddy. Almost as an afterthought I tried the vertical crop, and voila, that solved the foreground problems, and the sky looked good as well! Sometimes if you are trying to print an image and you are stuck, looking at it from a fresh "angle" seems to help. All I really did to the image was burn in the barn and sky a little bit, then give it a sepia tone."

Stephen was presented with a photo album for second place. Scott chose to decline his prize for second place, allowing it to be awarded to the entrant with the next-highest score.

2nd Place (tie) - Scott Winter

Scott declined to describe his printing technique - perhaps he wants to ensure he takes the highest score at the next Print Show'n'Tell!

Since there was a tie for second place, no third place was awarded. Fourth place was awarded to Norm Capper, who had 16 points including one first-choice.

4th Place - Norm Capper
Harvest Moon

Norm chose to show a stylized image rather than attempting to improve upon a bleak reality. Norm described his print manipulations using Photoshop:

1. "Eliminate central density band by applying selection/feather/brightness/contrast steps.
2. Crop image to taste.
3. Apply Find Edges filter.
4. Invert the resulting image.
5. Select foreground. Apply brightness/contrast to taste.
6. Select inverse. Apply brightness/contrast to taste.
7. Add moon (circle). Size, location and brightness to taste.
8. Apply sponge filter to moon.
9. Tidy up the image."

Norm won a 5x7 frame for his efforts.

This was the second time the CPS held this event, and it was well received. It is likely to become an annual event.

Support for the Print Show'n'Tell was provided by Harry Mah - who shot and processed the negatives (and took the resulting teasing in stride!) - and by Winter Photographics for providing prizes!